Zhao Long and Liu Jiwu, the two commanders-in-chief of the army, all boarded the boat and arrived at Dongting Lake.

The difference is that Zhao Long's flagship is at the rear of the Qianjun fleet, while Liu Jiwu's flagship is at the forefront of the Shunjun fleet.

When Shun Jun heard that Qian Jun was aggressively attacking, it was not as usual, and he was a little panicked.

Did Gan Jun find a way to win?

Otherwise, how could they launch an attack in the wind!

The ominous premonition in Liu Jiwu's heart became stronger and stronger.

He has a deeper understanding of the dry army than ordinary soldiers, and they will never change their tactics for no reason.

Unless they are ready for it.

"We must fight with all our strength. As long as we persist until tomorrow, it is impossible for the army to attack the shore."

Liu Jiwu didn't know what tactics the Gan army would choose, but they didn't have a strong navy.

As long as this premise remains the same, Qianjun's attack can only be sudden. If he defends today, he will still have the advantage tomorrow!

Liu Jiwu's boat was at the forefront, just to give courage to the soldiers of the Shun Army.

The commander is with you, kill those rebels!

On the other side, the fleet of the Gan Army is very large, only three times the number of the fleet of the Shun Army.

However, the vast majority of the dry army fleet are small boats.

There are nearly 200 small boats that are ten to seven or eight meters long.

All these small boats rushed to the front, with only one or two dry soldiers on them, or even no one at all, all led by the small boats in front.

Although there were not many people on the small boats, they had a deep draft and would not be overturned by wind and waves.

The ship is full of gunpowder, kerosene, firewood and other kindling materials, and of course the most important fuse, without which it will be very dangerous to be an army soldier.

Zhao Long had no intention of stealing the limelight at all, he didn't even want to see the scene of the first fire ship being ignited, so he sat on the last flagship of the fleet and waited for the battle report ahead.

"Commander, I found Shun Jun's fleet."

"how many?"

"There are a hundred ships, which should be all the ships of the Shun Army."

Zhao Long nodded when he heard the words, even if there were still some reserve ships on the south bank, there would not be too many.

"Tell Zhao Jiang to get ready, and light the fire when he gets close to Shunjun for a mile, don't get too close."

"yes."

Today's wind is strong, one mile is already very close, and the soldiers who get closer to the fire will be in danger.

Zhao Long didn't want to use the lives of his soldiers to attack the Shun Army, that wouldn't be a suicide attack, he didn't bother to do that kind of thing.

When Zhao Jiang received the order, the fleet was less than two miles away from Shunjun, and the wind was too strong, so it was really not easy to slow down.

If the messengers had been slower, they would have been able to rush into Shun's fleet.

"Go and tell the commander, I understand, let the boats behind slow down, and don't rush out with the fire boat for a while."

This must be notified. The strong wind blows the fire boat to speed up and rush towards Shunjun, and it can also blow other boats to rush over.

At that time, the enemy and his own people will burn together, then it will be a joke.

Zhao Jiang's reminder was quite timely, and soon, the dry army fleet was divided into two parts, and more than a hundred small boats left the dry army fleet and rushed towards the Shun army.

Liu Jiwu, who was standing on the flagship, also saw the change of the Qianjun fleet. Although he was not sure what the Ganjun wanted to do, he thought it best to avoid these small boats.

"Get out of those boats!"

Liu Jiwu ordered.

He still trusted his instincts.

Liu Jiwu's order was passed on quickly, but it was not certain whether Shun Jun could escape.

Gu CriticIt's too windy!

Liu Jiwu's order was sent to

"Fire attack! Those boats must be full of fuel!"

"Get out of the boats! Quick!"

"Hurry up, let the boats behind move faster, those boats are coming!"

The reaction of the Shun Army fleet was already fast, at least they were not connected by iron chains.

The North Wind would help them get out of the lake if they could just turn the boat around.

It's just that the small boats of Qianjun were less than a mile away from them, and flames began to ignite from the small boats one by one, rushing towards the Shunjun fleet like rockets.

Zhao Long's order was to ignite the fire one mile closer to Shunjun, but Zhao Jiang shortened the distance a bit, 300 meters, light it!

There is one advantage of lighting the fire at this distance. The fire takes advantage of the wind, and the fire is at its peak when the fire boat rushes into the Shunjun fleet.

In fact, it would be better to be closer, but the danger would be multiplied, and the Shun army would not just watch the fire boat approach.

When Liu Jiwu saw more than a hundred small boats rushing towards them burning with fire, he knew that it was impossible for the Shun army to retreat unscathed.

He decisively ordered, "Leave the front ships behind, and use the bed crossbow to shoot through those small boats!"

It is impossible to extinguish the fire on the boat, only the burning boat can be destroyed.

The power of the bed crossbow is huge. As long as it is shot accurately, a single crossbow arrow can sink a small boat. If it hits the center, it can directly smash the small boat.

It's just that Shunjun's bed crossbows are too few. Even if all the bed crossbows in the fleet are counted, there are only more than a hundred of them. Jiwu brought it here when he took office.

"My lord, the most important thing to protect Nanhu County is to protect Dongting Lake. I need a lot of boats and bed crossbows."

This is Liu Jiwu's request to King Shun before he took office.

The weak King Shun was half lying on the bed, and he didn't feel any anger when he heard these demands. He knew that Liu Jiwu was definitely not trying to negotiate conditions with him~lightnovelpub.net~ A good woman can't cook without rice, and he wanted Liu Jiwu to guard Nanhu County well , The two things he said are necessary conditions, and they cannot be avoided!

King Shun agreed to Liu Jiwu's request, and Nanhu County had so many boats and bed crossbows.

It's just that I don't know how much will be left after today.

Liu Jiwu's order was very timely, and soon spread to more than a dozen Shunguo warships around, all of which were large ships, the shortest of which was twenty meters.

But the farther ships had already started to turn around at this time, and it was too late to turn back.

In the end, there were only a dozen warships, and more than forty bed crossbows intercepted the fireboat.

The result is not small, but it is still too little for more than one hundred fireboats.

More than a hundred fire boats joined together as if they had set Dongting Lake on fire, and the warships of the Shun Army who hadn't turned around in time were quickly overtaken and swallowed!

"Marshal, let's go across the store. It's still too late to leave with a small boat. After a while, the fire boat will come and rescue us!"

The fire will definitely disturb the wind direction, and the ship will definitely not be able to escape the fire.

Liu Jiwu didn't want to flee in a hurry, but he didn't want to be buried in the sea of ​​fire. Nanhu County could still defend without the ship, but if he disappeared, Nanhu County would basically be gone.

Liu Jiwu took several confidants and guards to leave the battleship from the small boat behind the ship, because there was no need to waste time turning around, the small boat left the fleet before the fire boat caught up.

The fireboat full of fuel rushed into the Shun Army fleet, igniting nearly a hundred Shun Kingdom warships.

Less than a third of the warships of the Shun Army escaped the flames.

After all, a ship on fire cannot burn infinitely, and it will sink when it is completely burned.

Just because Shun Jun escaped from the sea of ​​flames doesn't mean they are safe.

Greater danger is approaching!

The Gan army bypassed the flames and surrounded the remaining Shun army.

Can they still run?